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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

on ''The Possibilities of the Church was read
by Prof. Tester of Greencastle.
A. L. johnson. of Muncie, has been awarded
contract to build water-works at Seymour.
The Lebanon Pioneer is authority for the
statement that two rival grave-diggers there
have made application to the undertakers for
the job of digging a grave for Councilman Nc
CoTkle who was very i'll.
Frank Moore, of Spencer. who accidentally
shot himself last week. fingered in great suffer
ing until Wednesday evening, when death closed
his sufferings. The skull was shot away in two
places, exposing the BRAIN
Brenton Taylor. son of Aiyah Taylor, a
leading attorney of Wabash. died on Wednes-
day The young man had tried to starve him
self to death. but his parents learned his inten-
tions and forced him to eat food
John Shovel, aged German. died at Spen-
Ger at o'clock yesterday morning. He was
nearly eighty years old. He was the father of
six children. He was a butcher by trade, and
at one time worth $4,000 to $50. 900.
On Wednesday night, while Mrs. John Nc
Fadden. of North Vernon, was temporarily away
from home, her little threeyear-old boy
playing around the stove, and his clothing caught
fire. The little child was unable to open the
door of the room, and it was some time before
his cries attracted the attention of neigh bors.
The clothing was burned off. and the lower ex-
tremties of the child burned to crisp. The
little sufferer relieved by death in a few
hours.
Tuesday night the residence OF r. B. Whit
ney, at Charlottesville. raided by thieves
who secured 5000 gold watch and $50 in money.
The watch is described follows: Gold hunting
case, E. Howard 81 Co., nickle movement, No
43412. stem winder, engraved (inside ''R B.
Whitney. Charlottesville, Ind, (" and back cap,
"R. B. Whitney, 1878" A reward of $50 is Of
fered for the thief, and $25 for the watch and
chain. The house of Mrs. 81. S. Lane was also
entered and about S15 secured.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

The fifth meeting and tournament of the IL
diana State Chess Association will be held at
Indianapolis, and continue from Tuesday. Jan.
10. to Friday. IS, inclusive. Arrangements
have been made with Hotel Brunswick by which
members and their friends will be charged 81 so
per day.
All who expect to participate in the tourney
must oe ready to begin play on Tuesday. the
10th, at 3 p II. The business meeting will be
held in the morning, when all necessary ar
rangements beyond those herein mentioned will
be made.
The rules made by the committee on tourna-
ment will be read and approved at the opening
on Tuesday morning Players are requested to
bring chess men. There will be a minor and
major prize contested for, the winner to hold the
same as his private property.
Inc dues, 81 per annrm, entitle PLAYERS to
participate IN both winter and summer rourna-
ments. This refers also TO non-members wish
ing to enter
The indianapolis Chess Club will tender their
rooms. Thorpe Block, East Market street, free
OF charge, for the use of the association during
the tournament
The committee on tournament, in making ar
rangements. will do all in their power to me rit
the good wishes of all players and make the
tournament a success.
All players are cordially invited to attend.
L T. LEIGH, President
2. 4. KUHSE, Secretary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Brief Mention

The little daughter of George W. Robbins of
Decatur, burned to death Wednesday while
playing with the fire.
An elderly and we'll to- do citizen of Decatur,
Mr.. Charles Shaffer, while laborine under the
insane hallucnation that party of men were
going to hang him. cut his throat twice Wednes-
day, but was overDowered before fatally hurt.
The death is announced. at Decatur, of the
Rev. ID. P. Bum, Universalist minister, aged
seventy-six. He retired Tuesday evening in APP
parent good health, but was found dead in bed
the next morning. He was chaplain of the Fiji
fy-fourth Illinois Regiment and a member of
Masonic and Odd-fellow lodges.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Right of Chinese to Import Opium.

SAN Francisco, Dec 29.-Judge Hoffman to-
day rendered decision in the United States
District Court. in which the right of Chinese to
import opium is sustained. In December, 1886,
the custom house authorities seized quantity
of opium valued at nearly 5000. 000 which had
been shipped from Panama to Woo Sing & Co,
of this city. The opium held in virtue of
the clause in the treaty which forbds Chinese
from engaging in the opium traffic. Judge
Hoffman holds that the treaty is not self-execu-
tory, and Congress- having adopted no legislation,
there nothing to prevent Chinese from en-
gazing in the business
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
The Oldest Resident of yiucennes Dead
Special to the Indianapolis Jonrna.
knights of Pythias Fair.

Epeciai to the Indianapolis journal.
NEW CASTLE. Dec. 29.-To-day was the last
of the Knights of Pythias fair, which has been
in progress for the past week. The buildings
along the main streets deliberately and ar
tistically decorated with Knights of Pythias en-
blems and flags, and the city presents q saa-dav
appearance. The town 10 full of strangers. and
the demonstrations are the most interesting ever
witnessed In New Castle Indianapolis Divi-
sion, No 2, and Richmond Division u r., are
present, and took part in the parade The fair
closed tonight with a grand ball. It has been
one of the most successful events of the kind
ever held in this city.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
INDIANA ANDILLINO NEWS
The Daily Chronicle of Happenings of
Various Kinds in the Two States.
Queer Legal Complications at Charlottesville
Death of a Well Known Tincennes Wom-
an-The Prewett Divorce Case Ended.
INDIANA.

Bundle of Queer Compile atoms Growing
Ont of an misunderstanding.
epeciaI to the India-apolis JourDaA
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Dec. 28-A most remark
able state of affairs has just been uncovered in
suit brought by Mrs. Lydia A. Stull the former
wife OF Rev. B. f. Stull. of Oxford, against John
W. Allen. administrator Of the estate of Mrs.
Butcher, the mother of Mrs. Stull. The action
was brought to have a new administrator ap-
pointed. claiming that Allen was not conducting
the affairs properly. While Mrs. Stul de-
feated in the suit. from the fact that she had
consented to the appointment of Allen, yet the
evidence is very interesting. The facts elected
from witness, Ransom Sykes. follows.
and completely expose the en- tire scheme of him.
self and Mrs Stull in demanding the removal Of
Allen. and the appointment of Mrs. Stull: Some
years ago Sykes was employed by Mrs. Butcher.
he being then a stranger He gained the
confidence of Mrs. Butcher, and At once began
scheming to obtain the property of the now de-
ceased Mrs. Butcher. Before the death of Mrs.
Butcher she had leased the farm to Sykes; had
given him power of attorney to act in her be-
half in all matters; she had also given him bill
of sale for her live stock and personal property.
worth about s., 600, for the sum of IS. After
divorce had been granted Mrs Stull from the
Rev. Stull, who had away with another
won an, she went back TO the farm where Sykes
was living, Mrs Butcher being then dead. nlrs.
Stuu also susceptible to the charms of
Sykes, and desired the removal of Allen, and to
be appointed administrators herself, but in real
ity in the interest of Sykes It shown in
evidence that Sykes was acting as administrator
in his own behalf. under letters issued by him.
self to himself; he claiming some of the
property under such appointment, and refused
TO give possession to the regularly appointed ad
minlstrator, or recognize him such. The
court decided that Mr. Allen was the lawful ad-
ministrator and Dir. Sykes and Mrs Stull were
thoroughly Disguised at their failure to success
fully manipulate the court.
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Fireman Fatally Injured.

DENNIsoN, o., Dec. pa loaded freight
train of twenty -four cars, the Panhandle
road, ran into an open switch. near Bowerstown,
O., to-night, and was almost completely wrecked.
Fireman c. E. Evans caught between the
engine and tender and fatally injured. The en-
gineer and one brakeman were cut and bruised;
bnt the injuries not serious After the &C
cidenu the wreck took fire, and is reported to be
burning. The loss of the railway company will
be
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Ureinp the Claims of Candidates.

A delegation from Evansville was in the city
yesterday for the purpose of presenting to the
State officers the claims of certain candidates
for the position of police commissioner of that
city. Among the visitors were Mr.. II. S. Ben
nett Gus Letch, treasurer of Vanderberg
county, Councilman Scholz and CAPTAIN Mes
sick They had talk with the Republican
State officers in the afternoon.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
HOW Harry Wise Died.

AUSTIN, Tex. Dec 29.-Henry Wise, farm
er, was yesterday found frozen to death ten
miles from this city. Wise was returning home
with a team and while crossing a muddy bot
tom fell out of his wagon, burying his head aud
81 builders in the mud, IN which position he was
found 1t is thought that he was drunk when
he fell from the wagon His mules also
frozen stiff while standing in the mud beside his
body. This Is the first death by freezing that
ever occurred in this section.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
PAROLE Convict.

Wilson Miller, who was sentenced in 1888 in
this city. to term of ten years in the northern
penltentiary for stealing watch. has been pa
rolled by Governor Gray. Miller's home is in
Cincinnati His pardon was recommended by
Governor Foraker of Ohio. Judge Norton, be-
fore whom be was tried, and Prosecuting At
torney Brown. His brother has secured for him
a good nositiou upon his relaaSa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Disbarment PROCEEDINGS,

CHICAGO, Dec 29.--Proceedings have been
commenced before Chancellor Tuley asking for
the disosrment of e. G. Assay, prominent
member of the Chicago bar. The charges,
which have been preferred by attorney Sig
mund Zeisler, who was connected with the do
fense of the Anarchists, that Assay received
$500 with which to settle case, and that he
converted it to his own Attorney Assay de-
MES the charge claiming that the 500 was paid
him fee by former clients, vino afterwards
became clients of the law firm with which law
yer Zeisler is connected.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Tho Upper Berth in the sleepinr-Car.

ST. PAUL, Dec. 29-The State Railroad Com
missoners to-day issued peremptory orders that
after Jan. / each upper berth in any sleeping
or operated upon any railroad in this
State shall be and remain closed whenever the
berth beneath the same shall be occupied by a
passenger. until such upper berth shall be
needed for actual occupancy by some other
passenger requiring the same.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Notes by the Way.

Marriage licenses were issued yesterday to
Charles Rogers and Lucy A. Wade. James III.
Murford and Mary Willharm, Abe Hanson and
Bertha Maria Peterson.
The Germania Building Loan Fund and Savings
Association. of Lebanon. filed articles of incorpo-
ration with the Secretary of State. The directors
are John III. Ross, Francis NJ. Moody, Patrick
Ryan, Clinton Copeland, Joseph T. Trowbridge.
Charles S. Neal and George F. L. Essex.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

THE pain and misery suffered by those who
are afflicted with dyspepsia indescribable.
The relief which is given by Hoods Sarsaparilla
has caused thousands to De thankful for this
great medicine. 1t dispels the cause Of dyspep-
STA, and tones mp the digestive organs.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
One Kind of q Bore,

Philadelphia Record
The girl who didn't get any presents thinks
the who talk of nothing but the gifts
she received for a week after Christmas is the
biggest bore in creation.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

MANY sink into early grave by not giving
immediate attention to a slight cough, which
could have been stopped 10 time by 25-cent
bottle Of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
MINOR CITY MATTERS.
r.-n.u,. r,ainu.

MEETING OF STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIA-
TON. Plymouth Church. morning.
THE MUSEUM-"Hearts of Oak" afternoon and
evening.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Minor Notes.

The A. NJ. X. Church at Crawfordsville cele-
brated the one hundredth church anniversary
Wednesday evening. at which time a PAPER
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30

AYERS Sarsaparilla braces up the system,
purifes and inyigorates. Invalids need it.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-30
Personals aud Sociatx,

On Sunday morning The Journal ,riH. usual, pub
Ish list of calls NeC Years
day. Such should be sent 10 the office
early Saturday, and should be trrien plainly an The
following form:
SMITH, Mrs. John, at No. -; assisted by Mesdames
and Misses Hours from -
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04
Sam Jones Latest Anegory.

You have heard the expression,
the naked truth, and perhaps you do
not know how it originated, :" said Rev.
Sam Jones in his Red Rocks sermon
yesterday. Il Will tell you. Once
upon time Truth and Error went in
bathing together. Error came out
first, and put on Truths clothes and
ran away. And Error has been trying
to wear the same garments ever since.
When Truth came out of the water the
only clothing it could find to put on
was what belonged to Error. Before
will wear such garments as those, -
said old Truth, 4 will go naked all my
life Truth has kept his word, and
goes through the world naked, without
frill or bang or hustle or anything else. -
st. Paul GLObe.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04
A Business Man Tells How wichi-
ia Doomed.

We organized! We held almost
nightly meetings, and among the first
things we agreed to stick together and
to stick tsy each other through thick
and ohm.
We advertised by hundreds of thOus-
ands of circulars. We set forth all our
advantages that strangers who were
led by our circulars to give us call
were not deceived, but on the contrary
agreed that we had not put it as strong
as we might. Every town in the east
of any notoriety was not only served
with our circulars, but our newspapers.
And the newspaper advertising did
double duty. Our people made it a
rule to advertise in our local papers,
and ask all their friends to advertise.
We then subscribed for large num-
ber of copies, loaded with local adyer-
tising and fun accounts of our future
prospects and great advantages, and
we found by eonversing with parties
who finally came here prospecting, that
the full advertising column of our pa
pers which they saw, did more than all
else to impress them with the growth
and Importance of the place.
We found that we could not over do
this thing-that the more we paid out
for these purposes the more were our
profits. Every new conner was a GUS
toner to most of our stores, and while
their advertising paid them rich re-
turns, it served the double purpose to
impress the eastern man, who had an
eye to business, with the fact that
Wichita was in fact a rising town, and
thus we have gone on, until we have
an added population since 1 came
here, of over 10000, and property has
increased in business places more than
thousand fold, and in the country
round about us, the appreciation has
been over four hundred per cent.
You have. in times gone by, done a
great deal of advertising for me, as you
know. that printers ink is the best
capital to boom town. Had we not
used it so unsparingly, Wichita would
not have been any larger than Abilene.
AS it is, we now Outrank any town in
the state.--Wichita Eagle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04

WE HEARD young man ask last
night what was the meaning of I'D
dStra per dSpera," on the Kansas state
seal? 1t means, in the plainest of
English, Kansas is bound to get on
top of the pile with both feet, and is
going to send down the halls of futur-
ity such a rattling record of push, en-
terprise, vim and perseverance as will
awaken i'll the echoes OF the years to
come the lOudest praises i'll the gift of
enlightened man. 1t means that Kan
sas, to which hundred thousand eyes
are turned, and Il hundred thousand
ears are opened, is bound to march
through difficulty to the skies,'' and
that Kansas people viii stick to her
through thick and thin, through wet
and dry and hot and cold, and in the
after years, when not a wave of trouble
rolls across her peaceful prairies, will
tell to their children and their chill
dren'S children the true meaning of the
motto which has been faithfully veri-
fed in works
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04
DOG IN THE MANGER.

y few papers in the East are up to
their old tricks of crying ''drouthy
Kansas! burning Kansas!'' because in
some localities the report has gone
forth that farmers are cutting up their
corn to save the fodder, and in certain
localities no rains have visited for
months.
As matter of fact, Kansas crop
prospects are far better than the crop
prospects of Iowa, Illinois, Ohio, Neb-
raska, OF many other states which have
been good growing states. While
in those states everything is a failure.
corn, fruits, wheat, oats, rye, barley,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04

THE Pawnee Rock Leader of Thurs
day last takes position against the
voting of bonds to the Midland &
Western railroad. The Leader makes
no point in its opposition to the bonds
other than the road will not run to
Pawnee Rock, and will benefit Great
Bend and Ellinwood. If our neigh
bors on the extreme west cannot enter
tain any but jealous feelings towards
Great Bend, they certainly have no
pride in their county, or no desire to
benefit anyone but their owp iRdi,,
Tidual selves. All fafr-minded men,
we think, will recognize the benefit to
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04

ETC., and the country is much more
densely populated and, therefore, will
require more to feed it than it will to
feed the people on the same area of
land in Kansas, the crops in this state
are not total failure, the reports of a
fe " correspondents to eastern papers
to the contrary.
In many sections of the state there
has been good wheat; almost every
county in the state has had a good oat
crop, and the corn that will be raised
in Kansas this year will feed our peo-
pie, OF stock, and find it's way into the
mouths of many dissatisfied people in
other states, who just now may be cry
ing out against drouthy Kansas.
In our own town there are a few
men who always look upon the gloomy
side of life, who are eternally growing
about something that is going wrong,
and when farmer comes in and says.
"Well, guess my corn is gone up, if it
don't rain,'' jumps at the conclusion
tlaC the whole state is bankrupted and
the people are all going to starve to
death. Generally, such men never
stay long enough in one place to learn
anything about the advantages of a
locality, but they learn the disadvant-
ages in no time at all, and their action
in trying to spread discomfort among
the people shows that they are not
looking for the good things of life at
all.
Papers, whose patrons are packing
up and preparing to move to Kansas,
may cry out against us in order to
keep their dissatisfied people from MAX
ing move for the better; but you will
see our public buildings going up, our
private enterprises pushing right
ahead, and in a few more months you
will see grand rush for Kansas from
every state in the Union.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04

VOLUME 1, No. of the HOisington
Echo has reached our table. 1t is d six
column folio published by Kerr "
White, and promises many things for
the good of the county, also some
things we don't think is for the good
of Barton county, namely: 1t prom
ises to fight bitterly against the voting
of railroad bonds on the 23rd inst:
The Echo is good enterprise for Hois-
ington, and has its columns well filled
with the advertisements of enterpris-
ing business men of Hoisington. Joe
Ewalt was down Sunday distributing
copies of 1.-The kid' Echo among Great
Bend friends. Success To the venture,
boys.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04

"Heah dem bells a ringin'! O,
don't you hear dem bells?" We mean
the street-car bells.
ID. M. Lazarus, Of the Boston, has
just had put up an attractive canvas
awning in front of his storeroom.
II. NJ. Summers has put up a new
wi;d mil on his premises, east side.
He is going to Lave plenty Of water,
and have it handy, too.
A number Of our readers are kind
enough to send in any little item of
news they may know of, for which we
are very thankful. just at this time
of year local news is as hard. to find
as a girl of sixteen who has not been
in love-
President Cleveland has declined
toreceive any committees Of invitation,
therefore we would suggest that the
boys who were arranging to go and
see him about coming out to Great
Bend, defer their visit and write their
invitation on a postal card.
During the season when thunder
and lightning are frequent all chill
dren should be taught that when
they see a flash of lightning and hear
the thunder clap, there is no danger
to them from tnat lightning. Many
children, and grown people too, get
worked up into a nervous state Of fear
that often prostrates them just as
soon as it begins to lightning.
The buying Of books ON the in
stallment plan has proven quite sat,
isfactory method of obtaining a IL
brary to many people. Mr.. E. F.
Neidick, who is at present canvassing
the city and surrounding county, is
offering special bargains in Chambers
Encyclopedia, recently revised, and
in Shakspeare's works complete, hand
somely bound and finished in extra
fine style. Examine these two books
especially.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-08-04
EXCHANGE GLEANINGS.

The eighth annual premium list of
the Western National Interstate
Fair Association to be held at Bis
marck Grove, Lawrence, Kansas,
Sept. 5th to 18th has been received.
The premiums offered are liberal and
the managers are determined to make
the exhibition success.
A Tennessee farmer whose land
was under mortgage and about to be
taken away from him, fell on his
knees in the field in prayer. When
he got up he seized the plow handles
with new grip, gave the old mule a
vigorous lick, and before he had gone
twenty feet turned up jug with over
$500 in gold and silver in it.
She (thoughtfully)-George dear,
are there no: times in your life when
the pathos and truth of that most
beautiful of all songs, "Home, sweet
home, there is no place like home, 3"
appear to you with startling vividness,
and fill your soul with longing?
He Ga base ball player Yes,
indeed, particularly when I'm on third
base with two men out.